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A human being is only breath and shadow. - Sophocles Attribution: Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.), Greek tragedian. Ajax, l. 13.

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Sophocles

Titles by Sophocles:

• Ajax
• Antigone
• Electra
• Oedipus Rex
• The Oedipus Trilogy
• Women of Trachis: Trachiniae

eNotes:

• Dramatic Effect in Sophocles (Antigone)
• Herm of Sophocles (Women of Trachis: Trachiniae)
• An illustration of Sophocles (Ajax)

Encyclopedia:

• Sophocles (The Oxford Companion to English Literature)

Literary Criticism:

• Ajax, Sophocles (Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism)
• Oedipus Tyrannus, Sophocles (Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism)